You. This decision, although expected by some, it was still shocking to a lot of white house aides, right . Reporter thats right, alex. Were learning this hour from sources close to the administration, according to Nbcs Carol Lee and Pete Williams that attorney general bill barr actually tried to convince the president not to offer this clemency to roger stone. The attorney general, in recent days, had called the prosecution of roger stone righteous and said that the sentence that roger stone had been given by the judge was in barrs view fair. The attorney general apparently unsuccessful in convincing the president not to go ahead and offer this commutation to his longtime friend, roger stone. But we know theres also opposition from other aides within the white house who were concerned about the political ramifications of the president offering this clemency, worried that there would be blowback from people who thought the president was intervening in the impartial, fair justice system
Tonight im making an exception. Welcome to the special veterans day edition of mad money where were saluting our troops and veterans for everything they have put on the line for this great country of ours and helping them not to mention you to try to make some money. Its my job, not to entertain you, but to educate you. So call me at 1800743cnbc. What the heck happened today . Whats with this big rally if we have a robust employment number . Could good news be good mousse . Could more employment drive the market higher . Hey, that was certainly the case today, wasnt i . With the dow gaining 168 points, s p climbing 1. 43 . And the nasdaq soaring 1. 6 . And you know what . I find it welcome. For the last four years we have been conditioned to believe that good news means we lose the friendship and accommodation of the Federal Reserve of our nation, and we every time we return to growth mode its supposed to be bad. Its supposed to be bad for the stock market when we start hiring for peop
Welcome to the special veterans day edition of mad money where were saluting our troops and veterans for everything they have put on the line for this great country of ours and helping them not to mention you to try to make some money. Its my job, not to entertain you, but to educate you. So call me at 1800743cnbc. What the heck happened today . Whats with this big rally if we have a robust employment number . Could good news actually be, well, uh, good news . Could more employment actually drive the market higher . Hey, that was certainly the case today, wasnt i . With the dow gaining 168 points, s p climbing 1. 34 , and the nasdaq soaring 1. 6 and you know what . I find it welcome. For the last four years we have been conditioned to believe that good news means we lose the friendship and accommodation of the Federal Reserve of our nation, and we every time we return to growth mode its supposed to be bad. Its supposed to be bad for the stock market when we start hiring for people i. A
Tonight, im making an exception welcome to the special veterans day edition of mad money where were saluting our troops and veterans for everything they have put on the line for this great country of ours and helping them not to mention you to try to make some money. Its my job, not to entertain you, but to educate you. So call me at 1800743cnbc. What the heck happened today . Whats with this big rally if we have a robust employment number . Could good news actually be, well, uh, good news . Could more employment actually drive the market higher . Hey, that was certainly the case today, wasnt i . With the dow gaining 168 points, s p climbing 1. 34 , and the nasdaq soaring 1. 6 and you know what . I find it welcome. For the last four years we have been conditioned to believe that good news means we lose the friendship and accommodation of the Federal Reserve of our nation, and we every time we return to growth mode its supposed to be bad. Its supposed to be bad for the stock market when
Louis burgdorf and yasmin. We will know the future of Climate Change today. President trump says he will announce his decision this afternoon at 3 00 p. M. In the rose garden at the white house. If he chooses to withdraw, the United States will join two other countries, nick raragua a syria, as the only countries not in the climate agreement. Axios was the first to report that the president planned to withdraw, but the president gave few clues later in the day. Im hearing from a lot of people, boat ways. Both ways, believe me. Im hearing from a lot of people both ways. During last weeks g7 summit, trump was the sole leader not to join the consensus reaffirms commitment to the accord. Yesterday sean spicer revealed some of what has and has not gone into the president s decisionmaking. Will he have a formal Cabinet Meeting or a formal review before he makes that decision . That will obviously be up to the president to decide. Has the president met with european leaders last week, obvious